William R. Cantwell
William R. Cantwell was of a pioneer family, the grandson of old William Cantwell, the eldest son of Thomas Cantwell, nephew of Col. James and Dr. Jacob Young Cantwell. His wife, whom he married here, was a Christmas daughter of another old family. To young William R. Cantwell there happened an episode which is worthy of notation. He had been a Democrat, and for a winter or two was a clerical assistant in one of the houses of Ohio's General Assembly, and then he fought a duel, with no fatal results; still he had the courage of the Cantwells and the chivalry of the Southron. His practice in Ohio was hardly commenced when he removed to California. There he reached the city bench of Sacramento and took front rank as a member of his profession.
From Richland Shield & Banner: November 17, 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 27